Barco projects at Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russia
Kortrijk, Belgium, 15 June 2007. Barco, a leader in visualization technology, is proud to announce that its Encore presentation system, FLM R20+ and CLM R10+ digital projectors were selected for use in the 11th Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg last weekend.
The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which took place on 9 and 10 June 2007, saw a gathering of 10,000 people - including more than 200 CEOs from top international companies - for a series of high-level industry workshops under the auspices of President Putin.A new conference hall was built at the Lenexpo complex for the forum. Within the complex, one of the largest Encore presentation systems ever deployed in Europe was set up for the event. The system, along with projectors and other Barco image processing equipment, has been brought over from Finland by Finnish rental partner SVV who is the official video supplier for the event.
Mika Vakkilainen, MD of Suomen Videoviestintä (SVV) states, “The event was a great challenge for us with such a large amount of projectors being used at the same time and with the inevitable last minute changes that needed to be programmed. But that is where the Encore system came into its own, as it was very easy to make these changes on the fly.” He continues: “The 40 meter wide screen using 5 blended projectors for the opening ceremony looked fantastic and showed the true quality of both the Barco FLM projectors and the Encore presentation system.”
A total of fourteen Barco digital projectors were used including a number of SLM R12+, SLM R9+, FLM R20+, ELM R18 and the new CLM R10+, a compact 10,000 lumen DLP projector which is quickly gained a reputation in the market for delivering crisp, clean video and graphic images with a punch. The entire video content was controlled by a full complement of Barco presentation systems.
The main stage screen was a blended widescreen using three FLM R20+ projectors all controlled by the Encore system. The two side screens, using ELM R18’s, were driven by the same Encore control system. ScreenPRO-II, PresentationPRO-II, ImagePRO HD systems were also employed - driving the audience screens, confidence monitors and other signals for broadcast, press center and recording devices. In all, a total of 16 fully HD capable Barco Image Processors controlled by an Encore Controller where used.
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Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3800 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 751 million in 2006.
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